Harvard Announces Womens Hockey Class of 2013

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- The Harvard women's hockey team has announced
its incoming class that will join the Crimson for the upcoming
2009-10 season. The group consists of seven players,: three
forwards, three defenders and one goaltender who replace a
graduating class of seven.

The 2009-10 Harvard roster will have 24 players: 12 forwards,
nine defensemen and three goaltenders. Last season, the
Crimson repeated as Ivy League and ECAC Hockey regular-season
champion, posting a 19-10-3 overall record.

Laura
Bellamy, Goaltender, Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfield

Named Senior Goalie of the Year and All-Area Player of the Year
in 2009 ... Two-time all-state selection ... All-Lake Superior
Conference first team in 2008-09 ... All-Conference second team
from 2004-07 ... Named Rookie of the Year in 2004 ... Wendy's High
School Heisman national finalist in 2008.

Margaret
Chute, Forward, Wayzata, Minn./The Blake School

Ms. Hockey top five finalist in 2009 ... Member of the state
championship team in hockey in 2007 and 2009 ... Named all-state in
hockey junior and senior seasons and all-conference three times...
Sister, Katharine '11, is also member of the Harvard women's hockey
team ... Played with Katharine Chute and Hillary Hayssen '13 at The
Blake School.

Jillian
Dempsey, Forward, Winthrop, Mass./The Rivers School

Boston Bruins John B. Carlton Award winner in 2009 ... Four-year
USA Hockey National Development Camp participant ... Member
of the USA U-18 National Team that won the IIHF World Championship
in 2009... Helped Assabet U-16 to national championships in 2007
and 2008 ... Led Assabet U-19 to national quarterfinals in 2009 ...
NAHA Labor Day All-Tournament team in 2008 ... Independent School
League (ISL) All-Scholastic MVP Award recipient.

Hilary
Hayssen, Defense, Orono, Minn./The Blake School

Named All-Tri-Metro in hockey senior year ... Member of the
hockey state championship team in 2007 and 2009 and the lacrosse
state championship team in 2008 ... Played high school hockey at
The Blake School with Harvard teammates Katharine '11 and Margaret
Chute '13.

Josephine
Pucci, Defense, Pearl River, N.Y./Choate Rosemary
Hall

Captain of the Mid Fairfield Connecticut Stars which took silver
in 2005 and bronze in 2008 and 2009 at the USA Hockey Nationals ...
Team MVP in hockey junior and senior years ... Led team to New
England championship in 2007 and Founder's League title in 2008 ...
Attended Selected U-17/18 camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., in 2007.

Kelsey Romatoski,Defense, Woodbury, Minn./Academy of Holy Angels

Ms. Hockey top five finalist in 2009 ... Participated in the USA
Hockey National Developement Camp from 2006-08 ... All-state and
All-Metro in 2009 ... All-conference 2007-09 ... Led team to state
hockey championships and was a member of the all-tournament team in
2005 ... Holds school recrods for defenseman in goals, assists and
points in a season and a career ... Scored most points by a
defenseman in the state of Minnesota junior year.

Kaitlin Spurling,Forward, Byfield, Mass./Noble and Greenough School

Chuck Vernon Award winner as Division I Tournament MVP in 2008
... Eastern Independent League MVP in 2006 and 2007 ... Salem
Evening News All-Star and MVP in 2006 and 2007 ... Boston Globe
All-Scholastic in 2006 and 2007 ... Led Noble and Greenough to
Division I New England Championships and Independent School League
(ISL) Championships in 2008 and 2009 ... Attended national
development camps in 2005 and 2007-08.